1. Preaching through 1 Timothy
The Christian in Worship: (2:8-15)
Responsibilities for Men:
1. What? “pray”
-Context
-Content
2. Where? “every place”
-Where ever they assemble.
“I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarrelling.”

2. Preaching through 1 Timothy
The Christian in Worship: (2:8-15)
Responsibilities for Men:
3. How? “Lifting holy hands”
-Not posture but the person.
-Holy Hands – a pure life. To be like God, separate, unpolluted.
“I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarrelling.”

3. Preaching through 1 Timothy
The Christian in Worship: (2:8-15)
Responsibilities for Men:
3. How? “without anger”
-Mark 3:5 – not always sinful.
-Matthew 5:21-24 (expressed wrongly, grudge, revenge, reconcile refusing).
“I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarrelling.”

4. Preaching through 1 Timothy
The Christian in Worship: (2:8-15)
Responsibilities for Men:
3. How? “without quarrelling”
-to argue
-Luke 9:46-48
-Philippians 2:14
“I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarrelling.”

5. Preaching through 1 Timothy
Christian in Worship (1 Tim. 2:8-15)
Responsibilities for Women: (2:9-10)
“Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly attire (10) but with what is proper for women who profess godliness –with good works.”
TEXT:
“respectable” – well arranged.
“modest” – sense of shame, bashfulness, reverence, regard for others. Disgust for the dishonorable.

6. Preaching through 1 Timothy
Christian in Worship (1 Tim. 2:8-15)
Responsibilities for Women: (2:9-10)
“Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly attire (10) but with what is proper for women who profess godliness –with good works.”
TEXT:
“self-control” – inner self government controlling passions and desires.” (both sexual and pride)

7. Preaching through 1 Timothy
Christian in Worship (1 Tim. 2:8-15)
Responsibilities for Women: (2:9-10)
“Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly attire (10) but with what is proper for women who profess godliness –with good works.”
TEXT:
Not!
-fixed hair?
-jewelry?
-costly clothing?

8. “A prostitute is often described as having hair dressed in elaborate braids, her eyes with pencil lines, her eyebrows smothered in paint, and her expensive clothes embroidered lavishly…
…with flowers, and bracelets, and necklaces of gold and jewels hanging all over her.”
(Philo,1st Century writer - “The Sacrifices of Cain and Abel…”)

9. Preaching through 1 Timothy
Christian in Worship (1 Tim. 2:8-15)
Responsibilities for Women: (2:9-10)
“Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly attire (10) but with what is proper for women who profess godliness –with good works.”
TEXT:
How should a godly women with good works dress?
Immoral?
2. Distracting from God?
3. Drawing attention to self.
4. Flaunting wealth?

10. Questions to Consider:
1. Is it wrong to look nice or fashionable?
2. Why do I wear what I wear?
-bring attention to my body?
-flaunt wealth?
- “out-do” others?
-distracting?
-Seeking to honor God by the way I dress?
-Consistent with the person God wants me to be?
3. Can I fix my hair or wear jewelry?
4. Just worship or beyond?